- κιννάμωμον
- κιννάμωμονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: usually taken as `caudle'; acc. to Hennig Klio 32, 325ff. a diff. sweet-smelling substance (Hdt., Thphr.).Other forms: rarely -ν-, also κίνναμον (Plin.), -ν- (Nic. Th. 947),Compounds: as 1. member in κινναμωμο-φόρος (γῆ, Str.), κινναμο-λόγος m. name of `a mythical bird' (Plin.), also called κιννάμωμον (Arist.); s. Thompson Birds s. v.Derivatives: κινναμωμίς f. a lower kind of cinnamon (Gal.), κινναμώμινος `prepared of (with) cinnamon' (Antiph.), -μίζω `be similar to cinnamon' (Dsc. 5, 121).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Phoen.Etymology: From Phoenician (Hdt. 3, 111); cf. Hebr. qinnāmōn `id.'; ending after the spice-plant ἄμωμον or folketymologically after ἄμωμος `blameless'. Lewy Fremdw. 37, Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 695f.Page in Frisk: 1,856
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